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Dec 31, 2021 2:50 AM
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According to official sources, this is only 1 episode long. The 1st 15 mins as an anime feature, the 2nd 15 mins being the usual staff & cast interview.
https://yostar-pictures.co.jp/sorairo-utility/
https://anilist.co/forum/thread/48320

It's such a shame, because this is as long as Yostar Pictures productions could've got, the anime studio arm of the game developer famous for Arknights, Azur Lane and the like. Would've loved to see a CGDCT golf show before Birdie Wing comes later in the year AD 2022 (which the TV broadcast on Tokyo MX is just nice on New Year's Eve).

For a feature short, this is plenty fine, I guess. But I'd expecting nothing more, nothing short less of in-house director Kengo Saitou since he handled all the major production positions for this 15 mins short, and for that, I'll give a pass.
Dec 31, 2021 3:01 AM
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Is it out on any site with subtitles yet? Or only raws.
Dec 31, 2021 3:14 AM
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This was a great episode. I loved every second of it. :)

A full season would be great thing! Well, I hope Birdie Wing will be a nice show.

9/10

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Dec 31, 2021 3:22 AM
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thebluedash said:
Is it out on any site with subtitles yet? Or only raws.
Only RAWs at this moment, don't expect this to get subbed, even for fansubs.
Dec 31, 2021 6:18 AM
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KANLen09 said:
thebluedash said:
Is it out on any site with subtitles yet? Or only raws.
Only RAWs at this moment, don't expect this to get subbed, even for fansubs.
You underestimate subs/fansubbers. This probably will get subbed one way or another.
Dec 31, 2021 11:23 AM
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NextUniverse said:
KANLen09 said:
Only RAWs at this moment, don't expect this to get subbed, even for fansubs.
You underestimate subs/fansubbers. This probably will get subbed one way or another.
It's available on Funimation subbed
Dec 31, 2021 12:18 PM
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I remember trying golf years ago, and I can't help but feel the same as Minami lol! Literally the golf reality as a beginner. lots of cute moments here and there.

Mm, pretty fine anime for 15 minutes. Had a lot of potential for 12 episodes, but if cutting this short means higher production values for Arknights... well I'm all for that then.
Dec 31, 2021 1:47 PM
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For anyone asking where to watch, it's available on Crunchyroll (I just found it) and some said that it's on Funimation too.
Dec 31, 2021 2:06 PM
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That was lovely...

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Dec 31, 2021 2:45 PM
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I need more of this. This has Laid Back Camp feels all over it. So much potential here. Give me more!
Dec 31, 2021 2:59 PM
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That was cute. I wish there was more
Dec 31, 2021 3:05 PM

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This was really good, super colorful, funny facial expressions and the girls were super cute, shame it is only one episode.
Dec 31, 2021 4:41 PM
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was nice, just wished there was more.
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Dec 31, 2021 5:26 PM
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Are people just not paying attention??? I find it annoying that this anime will get shafted because people didn’t check that it was a 15 min 1 ep anime before watching it.

I came into it with the right set of expectations and I was pleasantly pleased, in my opinion there isn’t anything better they could have delivered in 15 min (14 min if you take out the credits.) Yeah a full season would be great but it feels unfair to be harsh to something just because you didn’t pay attention and got disappointed by it idk.

Edit: it’s ok to be disappointed obviously I’m just talking about the 6.4 score that’s a ridiculous score imo.
Dec 31, 2021 5:34 PM

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Episode 1 was pretty okay. They had fun playing golf and that's also fun watching.


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Dec 31, 2021 6:05 PM

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Yeah, I quite liked this, was a nice little short, harmless fun.
Dec 31, 2021 7:20 PM

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It definitely was an anime that aired in late 2021. About describes my thoughts on this short film besides the fact that I wish it was a series instead.
Dec 31, 2021 8:49 PM

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I would definitely watch a full series of this.
Dec 31, 2021 9:01 PM

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This revived some good old memories of the days when I started playing golf. Specially that right curve and hitting the tree lol. That's exactly how my first attempts went too. Thou oddly I was good at putt for some reason. Anyway this was a good short 15 min episode, would have liked to see more.
Dec 31, 2021 10:12 PM
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Wasn't expecting a short, but I still quite pleased. Honestly, it would be quite nice to see more things like this - sweet and simple stories about various topics instead of needing the production behind a full series.
Dec 31, 2021 11:58 PM
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Is there an accompanying 15 minute how it was made documentary, kinda like yakunara mug cup mo? If so, is there a place where it can be seen subbed?
Jan 1, 2022 12:05 AM

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that was pretty wholesome
Jan 1, 2022 12:28 AM

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Well just some 14 odd minutes, so nothing much to say except it should've been a full cour series.
Jan 1, 2022 1:00 AM

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That was a very entertaining and wholesome episode. :) Full season, please!
Jan 1, 2022 1:22 AM
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I demand a whole 2 cour of Cute Girls doing Golf things
Jan 1, 2022 1:42 AM

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She's a robot, folks.
Jan 1, 2022 2:13 AM

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From an anime from a posh setting i would expect a whole series. This being only one episode, and even that only 14min. this really feels like a straight up advertisement of golf.

+ add bunch of cute girls and you have Japanese nerds who dont leave their houses all over this.
Jan 1, 2022 2:23 AM
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Something about the way shots were set up and lighting/shadows were done and such felt very Gridman/Dynazenon. Look from like six minutes onwards to see the scene where it really struck me. No big surprise I guess since the Director for this one worked on Gridman.
Jan 1, 2022 4:38 AM

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Haruka best girl tbh, tho Ayaka is cute too.

Needless to say, is too bad is only a one episode thing, I guess I should now look forward that other golf anime that is set to air this year.
Jan 1, 2022 4:42 AM

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Man, I would have loved a full season of this, but that was pretty good. Comfy and beautiful. At least, there's still Birdie Wing some time this year.
Jan 1, 2022 5:19 AM

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I know nothing about golf. How many anime spokon go already... maybe less than 10.
... For this I found it a 5/10
Jan 1, 2022 5:26 AM

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Well it's just one episode so I'm still expecting more stuff from this because pacing was quite fast however I like how it's straight to the girls playing golf. I like how each and every character has their own level of ability to indicate how far they can strike when playing golf. Animation can be inconsistent at times in terms of the character's movement when they were striking the golf itself but I absolutely love the artstyle for the character design.
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Jan 1, 2022 6:19 AM
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Looks like i know what forum pfp ill change for this year. Bit sad knowing this get a 15 mins episode only. I expect to be more than that, alas, ill watch the another to fill curiosity over this sport.
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Jan 1, 2022 7:28 AM
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A good special but this is maybe a teaser because this is very short
Jan 1, 2022 8:44 AM

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this was an anime original??? Well, fuck me, that was a really fun watch. I could do with a full season of these girls.
Jan 1, 2022 9:08 AM

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Just why....WHY!?

Why is it only one episode? This is good. So chill, comfy and fun to watch. This has potential. Also art and animation look really good.

I don't play golf, but I do remember playing Pangya a long time ago and it was fun.

Jan 1, 2022 4:05 PM
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Ah, it's such a pity that this was just an episode. But well, I enjoyed it for what it was.

7/10 from my side.
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Jan 1, 2022 6:19 PM

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Haruka best girl!

Overall, a pretty consistent Special though it's a shame this project ended up being only one episode long. Would have loved to see more of these girls.
Jan 1, 2022 7:25 PM
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I'm not used to watching sport-tagged animes, but as an ex-golf player, I felt curious.

It was pretty entertaining, I didn't get bored at any moment. It's a 15-minute episode afterall.
I can totally relate to that "I suck at this" feeling, the supportive friends and the HAM concept were lovely.

It gave me a good Yakunara-Mug-Cup-feeling. I'm giving it a 5/5 since there's no 4.5, and 4 isn't enough. Looking forward to see more of this.

Edit: Holy shit, it's just one episode. I guess it was good as it lasted. You know what they say, Die as a good concept, or live long enough to become Watamote.

Jan 1, 2022 9:42 PM

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It's so weird to see that this ended up being just a single 15 minutes episode. There was definitely enough potential there for this to be a 12 episodes series just like Yakunara Mug Cup.

I guess in the end this was just a small project for Yostar Pictures to test out what they can do. Will be interesting to see if they would hire Saitou Kengo and Amemiya Akira again. I couldn't stop feeling like I was watching something made by Trigger and those two are the reason why.
Jan 2, 2022 7:48 AM

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Shame it's only one episode, but we are going to get an actual golf anime this year, so there's that.

Jan 2, 2022 7:50 AM

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For its length it was pretty good, but I think it would have been a lot better if it was a full cour, even if the episodes were still only 15 minutes each. There was a lot of potential there. Golf is a relaxing sport and combining it with cute anime girls is a great idea.
Jan 2, 2022 12:15 PM

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Meh, watching actual golf would be more entertaining than this was, and that's a pretty low bar.

5/10
Jan 2, 2022 12:31 PM

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There’s only one episode??? WHYY we need a full season of this. That Ed banged too
Jan 2, 2022 6:23 PM
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That was love. I loved the simplicity of it. The colors were spectacular and the way everything moved was brilliant. Too bad it was so short.
Jan 2, 2022 6:59 PM

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hyped died after i realized this was a ova i was thinking back at the announcement golfing is boring as shit but slap some cute anime girls in it and it'd make for a fun SoL since most of the time you're just chatting anyway

nice simple but bright visuals too and mostly a chill comfy vibe i'd like to see more but uh maybe never? i can't think of how often we get OVA's for one off shows that are just a teaser of what could be a full length show.
6/10


hold up yostar pictures?...could this lead to a golfing gacha?
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Jan 2, 2022 8:48 PM
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Feel when watch this anime, like feel your watching Yuru Camp
I think this anime to one season (12 or 13 eps), evidently one episode :')
Jan 3, 2022 6:45 AM

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Sad that it's only one episode long, I thought a anime about Golf would be pretty cool and this episode pretty much confirmed it. The characters were pretty likeable. Anyway, she didn't manage to make a par but fun is what matters the most.
Oh wait, we got another golf anime but with milfs. GOOD SHIT!


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Jan 3, 2022 10:24 PM
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Did anyone else see the nipples in the water reflections at the end? Feel like they slipped that in there.
Jan 3, 2022 10:25 PM
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TheJesus said:
Did anyone else see the nipples in the water reflections at the end? Feel like they slipped that in there.
I also saw the nipples. They said it couldn’t be done, but we believed in you Toyota-sama
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